The Huffles, as we call them in the house, is almost knitting them self, they are so fast to knit.I were a bit in doubt about the gusset and the buttom of the foot, I ended up with stripes. the decreses could be better, I just don't know how. But then I'm not a proffessionel knitter nither do I know all, perhaps some day I know how to do it properly.

Speeaking of the weather... These days I'm with my class at the technial college for service trade. The days task were nail technical. I've got this wonderfull nail polish by two of my girls with motor skills problems.It have been so funny to se the 15-16 years old bous dooing eachothers nails, at first they vere wery protesting against it, later on they were all in to it, making wery wery decoraded nails, taking a lot pictures. AND then removing it wery fast - Nail polish is not good for their gangstar image. ;-)

The Ravenclaw socks are still on the needles, Im having som truble with shaping the gusset. I'd like to keep the gusset in the golden yarn, but still dooing the stripes. Now Im knitting with 3 yarns, think its going to be a bit to thick...

When you have finished the intarsia part, you go on knitting in rounds again, kit 12 more in the Green colour, now, black knit 12 rounds, then gray knit 4 rounds, while decrease 8 stitch (70 stc), the green knit 10 rounds.

Pointed heel:

Follow chart on 4th and 1st needle

Read from right to left and from the top (I think that makes it easy to understand).

Heel flap:

Knit all stiches from needle 4 and 1 on 1 needle.

over one dpn only. worked back and forth in pattern. Knit until you have a perfect square.

Heel turn:

Work in short-rows to shape the heel as follows:

(Remember to knit in the black and gray rib pattern if you want a ribbon heel turn, if not, knit in black only),

(RS) slip 1 st knitwise wyib, k 15 ssk, k1, turn.

P 5, p2tog, p1, turn *next row, slip 1 st purlwise wyib, knit to 1 st before gap formed on prewious row, ssk (1 st from each side of the gap), k 1 turn. Next row Slip 1 st purlwise Wyif, p to 1 st before gap formed on previous row. P2tog ( 1st from each side of gap), p 1, Turn. Rep from * to all st are knitted.

Gussets:

Pick up sts along selvedge edge of heel flap and rejoin for working in rnds as follows. (RS) with needle 1 knit the half of the heel sts, then with the same needle pick up 15 sts along selvedge edge of heel flap knit dpn 2 and 3, pick up 15 sts along selvedge edge of heel flap and knit the remaining heel st with the same needle. K one rnd.

Knit in leg ribbon pattern, while dec 4 sts every 2. row for 10 times, then every row 3 times as follows: on needle oneknit to last 3 sts k2tog, k 1 on needle 2 k1 ssk, knit, needle 3 knit to last 3 sts k2tog, k 1, on needle 4 k1 ssk, knit. Close of by taking the yarn in every st (loop) and sew it up.

Knit 1 more remember to put the Slytherin Emblem on the other side of the sock.

Well things does not get don qutckly when I'm dooing it, this has been hyperknitting for some time. I evan had to start over due to me not beeing skinny... and then not fat eigther. just in between - womanish ;-)

Now with the Lavender done, i'm on the Slytherin socks agin, I an almost done with the intarsia part on the second sock. In the usual case, the sock would almost knit it self fro her, and be over soon. That is not the case, the heel part is quit a job.